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In most cities of the world, traffic is broken.
To have a perspective on how the future of mobility will look like
BCG, GAMMA, and the University of St. Gallen
have engaged in a yearlong study.
This study resulted in a unique traffic simulation model
that simulates 1.7 billion daily trips,
in five different city archetypes,
ranging from Shanghai to Seattle.
And covering transport modes as diverse as subways,
micromobility, and robo-shuttles.
In general, cities will experience a positive impact
from the introduction of autonomous mobility
on many aspects.
In our simulation, we assessed six central KPIs for cities,
from traffic volume over fatalities
to transportation costs per capita,
and we've seen improvement on all of them.
Can you imagine that in our best-case scenario,
a city like New York could free up 900 blocks
of parking space,
which equals six further central parks.
In a city like Los Angeles, for example,
we could see up to 600,000
less vehicles on the road every day
when switching to shared autonomous mobility options.
This would save about 2.7 million metric tons
of CO2 emissions, each year, just in LA.
While not all technological and regulatory obstacles
have been mastered yet,
this study shows that autonomous mobility
can, in fact, be a key contributor
to a much better traffic situation
in our cities across the world.
Given the unique insights of this study,
it is time to act-now.